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In 2025, fire departments serving Orangevale responded to 100 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $150K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Building fires lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 61% of all calls.
Jan peaks. Dec dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
660 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023. $1.7M cumulative property loss. 2 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 142 | — | |
| 2022 | 135 | -4.9% | |
| 2023 | 145 | +7.4% | |
| 2024 | 138 | -4.8% | |
| 2025 | 100 | -27.5% |
For the 18 building fires Orangevale departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 249 building fires investigators classified across 2021–2025. The room or location where ignition occurred — kitchens, bedrooms, exterior, vehicle areas — tells you where to focus prevention.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 87 | 34.9% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 37 | 14.9% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 19 | 7.6% | |
| 4 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 12 | 4.8% | |
| 5 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 12 | 4.8% | |
| 6 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 11 | 4.4% | |
| 7 | Other | 8 | 3.2% | |
| 8 | Exterior, exposed surface | 6 | 2.4% | |
| 9 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 5 | 2.0% | |
| 10 | Storage area, other | 5 | 2.0% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 47 | 18.9% |
NFIRS Heat Source (HEAT_SOURC) — the physical thing that started it. Spark or ember from operating equipment, an open flame, smoking materials, or hot embers from a fireplace are the leading culprits nationwide. Here's the Orangevale mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 127 | 51.0% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 14 | 5.6% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 13 | 5.2% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 12 | 4.8% | |
| 5 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 10 | 4.0% | |
| 6 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 10 | 4.0% | |
| 7 | Fireworks | 10 | 4.0% | |
| 8 | Hot ember or ash | 8 | 3.2% | |
| 9 | Cigarette lighter | 8 | 3.2% | |
| 10 | Flame/torch used for lighting | 7 | 2.8% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 30 | 12.0% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Orangevale departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $150,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $150,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $100,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $100,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $15,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $5,000 | Cultivated trees or nursery stock fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $3,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $1,000 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Orangevale sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
8 fire-related casualties recorded in NFIRS Module 11 across the 2021–2025 window. Age, gender, and severity are coarse-binned — no individual identification possible.
| Age | Count | |
|---|---|---|
| 0-9 | 0 | |
| 10-19 | 0 | |
| 20-29 | 1 | |
| 30-39 | 4 | |
| 40-49 | 0 | |
| 50-59 | 2 | |
| 60-69 | 0 | |
| 70-79 | 1 | |
| 80+ | 0 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 377,451 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 97,717 | 34.1 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 70,868 | 37.1 mi | |
| 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 27,440 | 42.9 mi | |
| 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24,580 | 42.0 mi | |
| 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18,000 | 48.9 mi | |
| 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16,761 | 45.3 mi | |
| 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 11,789 | 46.4 mi | |
| 2008 | Natural | 10,836 | 44.6 mi | |
| 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 9,820 | 11.6 mi | |
| 2008 | Natural | 9,164 | 47.7 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8,422 | 36.0 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8,200 | 47.4 mi |
Top 1 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
| # | ZIP | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 95662 | 660 |
Six California cities with population within ±25% of Orangevale. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
A 30-minute weekend can cut your home's exposure substantially. These four checklists are a good starting point.
Numbers reflect incidents reported by participating fire departments to the National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) Public Data Release for calendar year 2025. NFIRS is voluntary — about 23,000 of roughly 30,000 US fire departments report — so totals are a strong indicator, not a complete census. Per-capita comparisons use 2023 ACS population estimates. Wildland fire data complements NFIRS with NIFC and USFS perimeters. Active-fire counts come from a dated NIFC snapshot, not a live feed.